Jocket Full Of Bourbon Chords
by Tom Waits
Jocket Full Of Bourbon by Tom Waits is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Em and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: E A D G B E
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - right hand tap
x - play 'note' with heavy damping
<12>- harmonics (12th fret, in this case)
Intro:
e-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G-----------------------------|-----------------------|
D---------2-------------------|----4------2--1--2-----|
A-------------2---------------|-----------------------|
E----0-------------3---2------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------5-4--3--2~~---|-----4--4--4--4\-------|
|---5-4--3-2------------------|------------------2----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
verse 1:
Em
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2----------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
Edna Millon in a drop dead suit
B7
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2--4-------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
Dutch pink in a downtown train
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|--------------------------------------4--4--2----|---|
|-------------------------------------x---------5-|-4-|
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|-------------------------------------------------|---|
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
Em
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
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I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------4-5--5--5-|-4~--------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
16 men on a deadman's chest
B7
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-2---------|
|-----------------------------------------|---5-4~----|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|-5-4-1----------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Two pair of pants and a mohair vest
Em
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------2-0----|
|----------------------------------------0-2-3--------|
I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up
Chorus: